HPA detail panel infinite loading with KEDA external metrics

Environment

  • Lens version: 2026.1.161237~latest (also tested 2026.1.140649~latest)
  • OS: Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS
  • Kubernetes: 1.32 and 1.34 (EKS)
  • KEDA: 2.16.1

Problem

Clicking on any HPA created by KEDA opens the detail panel but shows an infinite loading spinner. The panel never loads the HPA details.

Timeline

This started approximately a couple of weeks ago. It was working fine before. Possibly started after some recent update.

What works correctly

  • ScaledObjects detail panel loads fine
  • kubectl describe hpa <name> works perfectly
  • Freelens v1.8.0 loads HPA details correctly (same clusters)

Observations

  • No errors appear in DevTools console when clicking on HPA
  • The HPAs use external metrics from KEDA
  • KEDA’s external metrics API requires a labelSelector to work:
    • Without labelSelector: returns error “scaledObject name is not specified”
    • With labelSelector: works correctly

Expected behavior

HPA detail panel should load and display HPA information, same as Freelens does.

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